Occurrence and exposure evaluation of perchlorate in outdoor dust and soil in mainland China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 470-471, Issue , 2014, Pages 99-106

  Gan, Zhiwei ^a   Sun, Hongwen ^a   Wang, Ruonan ^a   Deng, Yuanyuan ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Human exposure; Outdoor dust; Perchlorate; Soil

Indexed keywords

DUST; SOILS;

CHINA; EXPOSURE EVALUATIONS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; PERCHLORATE; PERCHLORATE CONCENTRATION; PERCHLORATE EXPOSURE; PERCHLORATE LEVELS; POTENTIAL SOURCES;

INORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

DRINKING WATER; PERCHLORATE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; INDOOR AIR; PERCHLORATE; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INGESTION; INHALATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CHINA; UNITED STATES;

CHINA; HUMAN EXPOSURE; OUTDOOR DUST; PERCHLORATE; SOIL;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD; CHINA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; PERCHLORATES; SOIL;

EID: 84886046998     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.09.067     Document Type: Article

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